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Eith What is this? Getting Started Limitations

README.md

Eith

A Forth-like language where the comments matter.

Made for LangJam #0001.

What is this?

Eith is a Forth-like language that allows for comment reading and manipulation. In particular, language implements a subset of Forth's Core words as well as the Eith Comment words.

Eith provides all the familiarity of a traditional stack-based language and combines it with the power of dynamically modifiable source code.

Getting Started

Several sample programs can be found under samples.

Eith programs can be run with the provided interpreter:

python eith.py <PATH TO EITH SOURCE FILE>

Limitations

Eith does not implement all of the Forth Core. It is notably missing any words that deal with memory and addressing, several multi-word constructs, and user-defined words.

Due to interpreting line-by-line, Eith also requires that each line must be independently interpretable. This means that certain constructs, such as IF ... THEN or DO ... LOOP must be on one line.